Aziza Gallery

AZIZA

As one of the Caribbean's premiere Abstract Expressionists, it is only fitting that it's spirit and vitality are so well represented in Aziza's vivid, powerful paintings. However, her name (which means "Star" in a dialect of the Ivory Coast) reflects the fact that she has lived and traveled extensively throughout the Middle and Far East, as well as the Western Hemisphere. As a result, paintings that may appear deceptively simple in fact mirror complex visual impressions collected in more than 50 countries around the globe. Each work reflects her individuality, an international sensibility and an extraordinary palette. Variously styled as an "impressionist", a "colorist", an "expressionist" and a "mystic", Aziza has studied art in Seoul, South Korea, and Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as the United States. In the U.S. She studied privately in Washington DC, and at the San Francisco Institute of Art, the University of California in Berkeley, and at Laney College in Oakland.

A painter for over 30 years, Aziza has exhibited and won awards internationally for works that are now represented in the private collections of art lovers across the world. Her exhibition credits include solo shows in conjunction with the US Information Service (USIS) in both Kabul and Washington DC. Her work is currently displayed ingalleries in California, New Mexico, and New Jersey in the U.S. Aziza's paintings have been shown at the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, in addition to the "Pro Arts" exhibit in Oakland, California, the "San Francisco Women Artists" shows in San Francisco, the Museum of Modern Art in Santa Domingo, and the National Museum of Antigua and Barbuda as well as at numerous banks, clubs, studios and restaurants throughout the Caribbean. A one wman show in Antigua was followed by a second solo exhibit, :Images of the Soul", presented by the Venezuelan Embassy. Her works are well represented at Antigua's prestigious Harmony Hall and other galleries throughout the Caribbean. A member of the Pro Arts in Oakland, SF Women Artists, the Barbados Arts Council, and the Antigua Artists Society, Aziza paints daily wherever she is at the moment.